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Grody misconduct

Other than the pointed abuse of privilege in this case, it turns out the guy wasn’t even her attorney, NewsOK reported. It took three months for the sham to be discovered, but after it was, the inmate agreed to participate in a sting, Sheriff John Whetsel told NewsOK. Back in January, she’d contacted attorney Frank […]

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Running Deer

“I was going to business school, and I had the opportunity to work on a film, so I moved to Panama for three months and worked as a production assistant, and that’s when I really caught the films bug,” Green said. “So, eventually, I bought a camera and traveled around the world, doing different little […]

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Still swinging, swinging

Tyson Ritter Ten years ago, The All-American Rejects were wide-eyed kids fresh out of Stillwater, just inking a deal to rerelease their self-titled debut album with DreamWorks Records after a limited release through an indie label. The humble pop-rock act had a standout single in “Swing, Swing” on its hands, and the rest is history. […]

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Shiny Toy Guns — III

It marks not only singer Carah Faye Charnow’s return to the band whose founders were born in Shawnee, but also a return to the New Wave synth-pop sound that made them famous. The opening trio of “Somewhere to Hide,” “Waiting Alone” and “Carrie” are just as synthsational as the band has ever been. “Carrie” is […]

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Key master

Eliza Rickman’s songs sound like a music box that plays a blend of Florence + The Machine and Danny Elfman’s scores for Tim Burton films, all thanks to her accidental secret weapon: a white toy piano. “I actually started using it out of — debatably — either necessity or laziness,” Rickman said. “Most of the […]

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Nice aim

When friends Brent Green and Jeff Goldberg were looking to kick-start their careers, they wanted to do something that would have a positive impact. In 2009, they started Toy Gun Films, a nonprofit production company based in Oklahoma City and Los Angeles, aimed at producing films that tell stories of moral courage and overcoming social […]

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The Illusionist

Don’t get me wrong: I liked “Toy Story 3.” I just feel like I had seen it before (it is a sequel, after all). All too often, I think good animated films like Pixar’s are overhyped, because when one considers the other crap our children drag us to — i.e. “Yogi Bear” — something like […]

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